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Keyword
to roar
  • to shout
  • to bark
  • to howl
Frequency
#2673
Strokes
7
Readings
hǒu
Mnemonic
口 (mouth) gives the meaning and 孔 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
吼hǒu
to roar; to howl; to shriek; roar or howl of an animal; bellow of rage
怒吼nùhǒu
to bellow; to rave; to snarl
吼叫hǒujiào
to howl; to bellow; to yell
嘶吼sīhǒu
to yell; to shout
河东狮吼Hédōngshīhǒu
lit. the lioness from Hedong roars (idiom); fig. refers to a shrewish wife or a henpecked husband